Sec. 103. Tribal broadband deployment plan
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Commission, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall identify each underserved Tribal entity and publish a list of such entities in the Federal Register. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the list is published in the Federal Register under subsection (a), the Working Group shall send notice to each underserved Tribal entity on the list inviting the entity to request technical assistance for the development of a Tribal broadband deployment plan under this section.
At the request of an underserved Tribal entity, the Working Group shall provide the entity with technical assistance to facilitate the development, adoption, and deployment of a Tribal broadband development plan detailing the current and projected efforts of the entity to meet the Tribal broadband benchmark. Each Tribal broadband deployment plan developed under this section shall— describe a comprehensive strategy identifying the full range of options to meet the Tribal broadband benchmark; describe all available Federal programs that are available to assist the applicable underserved Tribal entity in meeting the Tribal broadband benchmark; describe the way in which Federal program activities and funds shall be integrated, consolidated, and delivered to the applicable underserved Tribal entity to meet the Tribal broadband benchmark; describe the results expected from implementing the plan, including the expected number of additional households or participants that would be served due to the implementation of the plan; identify the projected non-Federal expenditures under the plan; identify any agency of the applicable underserved Tribal entity that will be involved in the delivery of the services integrated under the plan; identify all applicable Federal, State, and Tribal statutory provisions, regulations, policies, or procedures that the Working Group determines are necessary to adhere to in order to implement the plan; identify opportunities for the applicable underserved Tribal entity to purchase spectrum; and identify— deployment obstacles; and activities that are necessary to ensure access to affordable broadband, including digital literacy training, technical support, privacy and cybersecurity expertise, or other end-user technology needs.
The Working Group shall work in partnership with State, local, and Tribal governments, and consumer and industry groups, to promote broadband availability to each underserved Tribal entity, including consumers in rural and high-cost areas that are adjacent to Tribal land. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Working Group to carry out section 102 and this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025, to remain available until expended.